The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India (OEMI) in three volumes covers history, theory and technical terms, musicians and scholars, and instruments related to Indian music. Edited by the Sangeet Mahabharati, it was published by the Oxford University Press in 2011. Out of the total of 5,000 encyclopaedia entries, approximately 2,000 on musicians and 500 on raga names were extracted to build this database.
 

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Personal ID
OEMI ID
Name
Field
Notes about Field
Speciality
Place of Residence
Year of Birth
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Year of Death
Date of Death
Place of Death
Gharana
Guru
Page
OEMI1769
Ramkrishna Parvatkar
vocalist,
Vocalist and tabla player
?
1959
0214
?
his father Khapru-mama Parvatkar, Ahmedjan Thirakwa[tabla], Bashir Khan, Ratnakant Ramnathkar [vocal]
880
OEMI1997
Sitaramayya （Todi）
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of early 119th cent.
?
?
986
OEMI1119
Krishnayya(Tsallagali)
veena player
veena player
1822
?
1866
Thanjavur
573
OEMI1470
Narayana Iyengar （Titte）
vocalist,
Vocalist and veena player of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja, Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
?
?
Chikka Subba Rao, Veena Seshanna
727
P02937
OEMI0031
Acharyalu,C.R.
Kuchipudi dance guru
?
?
1998
0322
Ahmedabad
16
OEMI0069
Akshay Chowdhury
composer
Poet and composer of patriotic songs in Bengali
?
?
?
?
34
OEMI0355
Bhatta Gopala
Ancient writer on music quoted by the 11th-cent. autor
?
?
168
OEMI0365
Bhringi
composer
Composer
?
?
?
?
183
OEMI0448
Chatterji, M. N.
rudra veena player
Rudra veena performer of early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
224
OEMI0449
Chaturbhujdas
One of the eight poet-devotees of the group called Ashtachhaap Kavi, of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect.
1540
?
1625
?
225226
OEMI0462
Chhita Swami
composer
Composer of devotional songs
1514
?
1589
Punchhari, Rajasthan
235236
OEMI0482
Chinna Pakkiri
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
?
?
240
OEMI0493
Chintoba Gurav
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1874
1122
?
1956
0403
?
241
OEMI0519
Damodar Pandit
vocalist,
Vocalist and poet(13th cent.)
?
?
?
?
Naagdevaachaarya
253
OEMI0539
Day,C.R.
Author
?
?
?
?
261
OEMI0550
Deshpande,P.L.
author
Veteran Marathi author
Mumbai
1919
1108
?
2000
0612
Pune,Maharashtra
269270
OEMI0561
Divudu lyer
violinist
Violinist
Karur,Tiruchirapalli district,Tamil Nadu
1861
?
?
1901
?
?
280
P01784
OEMI0613
Eknath Sarolkar
vocalist
Vocalist(mid-20th cent.)
?
?
?
?
Gwalior
311
P02680
OEMI0698
Giriraj Prasad
Performer of swaang
?
?
366367
OEMI0703
Giriyappagaru
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu and Sanskrit
Telugu devotional songs
?
?
368
OEMI0746
Govindrao Apte
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
1958
1008
?
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
382
OEMI0750
Gowri
Bharata Naatyam danseuse in 19th-cent. durbar of Baroda
Baroda
?
?
Kannuswaami Nattuvanaar
383
OEMI0764
Guruyacharyulu
vocalist, composer,veena player
Vocalist, composer, and veena exponent of the durbar of Vijayanagaram, Andhra
Vijayanagaram, Andhra
?
?
392
OEMI0785
Haladhara Mishra
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
?
?
400
OEMI0793
Hanuman Kattuck
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Jaipur
Jaipur
?
?
408
OEMI0824
Hassan Khan Seni
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
0.166
?
0.173
?
his father Sughar （or Sudhar） Khan
418419
OEMI0834
Hira Bulbul
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the king of Nepal
Nepal
?
?
431
OEMI0840
Hiradevi Mishra
vocalist,
Vocalist of light classical forms, specially of the Benares tradition
Benares
0.1926
?
1983
0107
Benares
Alla Khan, her husband Kamal Mishra
432
OEMI0958
Jorawar Singh
Noted mridang player of the Gwalior durbar of Maharaja Jankojirao Scindia
Gwalior
?
?
Sukhdev Singh, Narayan Prasad Agnihotri
488
OEMI0968
Jyotiriswara
Author of Varna Ratnaakara and two more works titled Maithili Dhurta Sumagama and Nritya Vidyaa Kathaa
0.128
?
1340
?
490
P05877
OEMI1084
Kishori Amonkar
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Mumbai
1931
0410
?
559
P00170
OEMI1092
Komik Khongjirem
musician
Folk musician of Meghalaya
Folk music
Meghalaya
?
?
566
OEMI1093
Kovana Samayya
composer
Noted 18th-cent. composer of the pre-Trinity period of south India
?
?
568
OEMI1095
Krishna Bhamini
vocalist
Vocalist
?
0.1922
Kolkata
569
OEMI1123
Kshirod Prasad
playwright
Bengal
?
?
575
OEMI1145
Kuvarpal Swami
composer
composer
?
?
582
OEMI1157
Lakshman Swami
Well-known Mathura-based artiste of Raas
1898
?
1973
?
588
OEMI1201
Lebdev,G.S.
writer
wrote the first modern Bengali play
modern Bengali play
?
?
?
?
606
OEMI1216
Madhava Swami
Pakhaawaj player
Allahabad
?
?
?
?
613
OEMI1227
Mahadkar,S.A.
vocalist
Vocalist
1915
?
?
Ganpatrao Phadke,S.N. Ratanjankar and Mallikarjun Mansoor
619
OEMI1256
Manada Sundari
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
Bishwanath Rao
634
OEMI1275
Mankuverbai
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Raja Bhav Singh of Bhavnagar,Gujarat.
Gujarat
?
?
?
?
Kallan Khan
643
OEMI1280
Manohar,S.S.
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
644
OEMI1283
Manomohan Basu
Author of jatraa folk plays of 19th-cent.
Bengal
?
?
?
?
644
OEMI1286
Mansingh Tomar
?
1450
?
?
1517
?
?
645
OEMI1290
Marris,W.S.
Governor of the United Provinces in the 1920s in British India
?
?
?
?
652
OEMI1328
Mirza Ghalib
poet
?
?
672
OEMI1333
Mithas Joshi
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
673
OEMI1363
Mohan Upreti
singer
1925
?
1997
0606
New Delhi
682
OEMI1446
Nanhaku Maharaj
tabla player
Tabla exponent of the Benares style
1920
?
1995
1014
Benares
Benares
722
OEMI1512
Nathmal Joshi
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
740
OEMI1625
Pitambara Dvija
Singer and poet of Assam
?
?
812
OEMI1628
Pohre-bua
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
812813
OEMI1737
Ramadeva Ata
composer
Assamese composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs
?
Kaljhar, near Bhavanipur, now in Barpeta district, Assam
Bhavanipuriya Gopal Aataa
872
OEMI1794
Rangnekar, M.G
writer
writer, director, producer of Marathi musical plays
1907
0410
?
1995
0201
?
887
OEMI1805
Rasol Beg
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
892
P02973
OEMI1820
Roshan Kumari
kathak danseuse
?
902
OEMI1822
Roy, R.N.
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
903
OEMI1884
Sarasdev
poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
?
?
946
OEMI1948
Shanta Apte
Well-known singer-actress of Hindi and Marathi films, remembered for her singing roles in 'Duniyaa na Maane' （Hin, 1937） and such other films
1923
1123
?
1964
02??
Mumbai
967968
OEMI1962
Sheikh Munna
Shehnai player of the 1900s
Lucknow
?
?
971
OEMI1977
Shyam Kumbhar
Pakhaawaj player of the Vrindavan region, Uttar Pradesh
0.1466
?
?
975
OEMI1999
Sivakalundo
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, and an early disc-record singer
Chennai
?
?
987
OEMI2022
Sopandev
Poet of Marathi abhangs
1277
?
?
1296
?
?
994
OEMI2030
Srinivas Pandit
Author
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI2032
Srinivasulu
composer
Composer
Tamil nadu
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI2038
Subbanna(Mugur)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
Andalanuru Subbayya
1011
OEMI2056
Sukthankar,B.S.
patron,
Well-known patron of music and close friend of V.N. Bhatkhande
1891
0612
?
1940
0406
Mumbai
1028
OEMI2120
Thakur Prasad
Eminent Kathak exponent of the 19th-cent.
?
?
1856
?
Lucknow
his father Prakash Prasaad and Wajid Ali Shah
1072
OEMI2159
Vaikunta Sastri
composer
composer
?
?
1108
OEMI2191
Venkatasubbayya
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Krishnaraja Wodeyar （III r.1799-1868 ）of Mysore
Mysore
1792
?
1838
Mysore
1123
OEMI2218
Visvavasu
ancient author
?
?
1138
OEMI2223
Vitthal Vipuldev
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
16
?
17
?
1139
OEMI2229
Vyas,D.G.
Scholar
?
?
1966
?
Mumbai
1142
OEMI0490
Chinnayya Swami
vocalist
Violin player in the Kolhapur durbar sometime during 1900-20
Kolhapur
?
?
241
OEMI0819
Harmasji Ardeshir
Singer-actor of Hindi plays
Mumbai
?
?
416
OEMI1113
Krishnarao Gore
singer-actor
1880
?
1940
0608
Wai Maharashtra
572
OEMI1161
Lakshmandas Seth
patron,
Patron of the arts
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
589
OEMI1169
Lakshmiram Barua
composer
Early 20th cent. Assamese composer and author of Sangeetkos
?
?
591
OEMI1225
Mahadeva Annavi
Dance exponent of the durbar of Thanjavur
?
?
?
?
619
OEMI1326
Mirasi Rimju Ali
saarangi player
Saarangi player
?
?
672
OEMI0812
Haridas Mukherji
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s, based in Kolkata
Kolkata
?
?
412
OEMI1039
Kavasji Jamshedji
Singer-actor
?
?
532
OEMI1758
Ramchandra Trivedi
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
1911
?
1988
0322
Mumbai
Kalyaan Bharati, Omkarnath Thakur
877
OEMI0403
Bose,R.N.
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali songs
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
198
OEMI0419
Chaggan(Master)
Singer-actor of the 1900s.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
208
OEMI0543
Debo
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
262
OEMI0641
Gaisberg,F.W.
Pioneer sound recordist of early 20th cent.
1872
?
?
?
?
324
OEMI0972
Kachchi Sastri
vocalist, violinist
Vocalist and violinist （19th cent.）
?
?
493
OEMI1055
Keshav-bua Ingle
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa and teacher
?
?
Gwalior
his father Gundo-bua Ingle
540
OEMI1931
Shambhu （Master）
Singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays of the 1900s
?
?
964
OEMI2029
Srikrishna Dalvi
Music critic and actor of Marathi plays
1926
?
?
2004
01??
Mumbai
1008
OEMI0607
Dwarkanath Ghosh
A pioneer in the manufacture of harmonium
1847
24 Parganas region, now in Bangladesh
1938
Kolkata
307
P02305
OEMI0170
Ariyakudi Ramanuja lyengar
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of Karnatik music
1890
0519
Aariyaakudi,Tamil Nadu
1967
0123
?
Poochi Iyengae
7374
OEMI0035
Achrekar,G.B.
musician
Musician and teacher
1885
?
Achre,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
1939
0603
Mumbai
17
OEMI0744
Govindaswami Pillai
violinist
Well-known violinist
1878
Achyutamangalam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1931
03??
?
Panchapakesa Iyer, Ettayapuram Ramachandra Bhagvatar
382
OEMI0831
Himanta Kishore Deb Burman
sitar player
Sitar player of Tripura
1918
Agartala
1991
Agartala
423
OEMI1150
Lahari Deb Burman
Sarod player of Tripuna
1922
Agartala
1988
Agartala
586
OEMI0145
Anil Krishna Deb Burman
musician
Noted musician of Tripura
Tripura
1899
Agartala, Tripura
1942
Agartala
61
OEMI1716
Rajyeswar Mitra
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist
1917
0930
Agartala, Tripura
1995
0118
Kolkata
866867